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Wealthy local village school, we are not wealthy

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BillStickersIsInnocent · 17/10/2013 06:32

I've just completed the online admissions process for DD's new school next September. It's a lovely school, children seem happy and confident, I really like certain policies and approaches (mixed football and netball teams, school lunches, outdoor activities etc)
It's in a very wealthy village. Lots of horse ownership, big houses, very expensive cars. We live outside the village. We have none of the above.
At the open morning the other day all the other parents seemed quite well off. I'm worried DD will feel excluded/won't want her school friends to play/will feel jealous when others talk about their ponies/overseas holidays etc

Am I worrying about nothing? I do feel that a good mix of people and backgrounds is good for everyone, but this school is our only choice really.

Any thoughts or experiences?

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rabbitstew · 18/10/2013 20:36

No reason why someone couldn't remain friends, just because they'd moved schools, though, curlew.

ancientbuchanan · 18/10/2013 20:42

We had this. Ds actually preferred the caretaker's house " because it is cosy".

And to echo what others have said, it's what you do that counts. One friend discovered that the rich kids had never been on a bus or gone shopping as they were chauffeured and everything was ordered for them. So to have her take them shopping in the local town to poundland or the equivalent made visiting her dd really special.

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